The University Trading Challenge (UTC) is an educational competition for university Finance and Economic students which is co-sponsored by International Treasury Services.

The challenge is open to full-time students in Finance and Economic programs at any university. The competition has four main components that the students must complete: Real Market Trading Challenge , a Portfolio Trading Challenge, and two (2) Case-Study Presentation. The live portion of the competition (Portfolio Trading Challenge and the Case-Study Presentations) is a full day for participants and will take place at a pre-selected university in the UK and New York around November.The driving factor in running the competition, was that we wanted to provide university students the opportunity to semi experience the same type of challenges and situations that they will face when they join a bank as an Analyst or Associate. We were able to draw upon our consultants' years of experience and our partners knowledge in delivering Capital Markets Graduate programs to some of the worlds leading tier 1 banks.Participants experience an incomparable simulation of real-world trading while demonstrating their abilities to analyze, strategize, make decisions, and give presentations.

The University Trading Challenge is:

Academically designed

Supported by the Finance industry

A "real-time" finance competition between competing students

Competes over defined periods - from 1 day to 30 days, with multiple rounds

Live presentations to a panel of industry judges

Attracts global universities and finance societies

Breakout groups

Network sessions

For more information about entering for this years competition, please contact us